Beatriz Recari, the Spanish with the most wins on the LPGA, retires

Beatrice Recari has announced his retirement from golf during a press conference prior to the start of the Gainbridge in Boca Rio (Miami), the first LPGA tournament this year. The Navarrese, who reappeared in the last Spanish Open after a long period of inactivity due to a fracture in her tibia, will make one last appearance before her retirement, in an event on the American circuit.

It should be remembered that Recari is the Spanish player with the most wins on the LPGA, adding three. In 2010 it achieved a milestone, emulating Marta Figueras Dotti, the first ‘Armada’ golfer to have lifted a trophy in the US 16 years earlier. Beatriz won the CVS/pharmacy LPGA Challenge. The year 2013 was the highlight of his career, winning the Kia Classic and the Marathon Classic and fulfilling the dream of competing in the Solheim Cup, which he would win as a member of the European team. Bea also has a victory in the Ladies European Tour (Finnair Masters 2009).

Recari, who played his first professional tournament at the 2004 Spanish Open, stated at a press conference: “I have done an examination of conscience and I feel that it is the right time to turn the page. I’ve enjoyed all the good times I’ve had on the pitch and also the bad ones because even there there were positive things. Golf has been such an important part of my life that I am so excited to be here and to have the opportunity to close. It would also have been fine if I hadn’t played again, but doing it here, competing at the highest level is a blessing. I just want to enjoy the week.”

In January 2020, a tibia injury, whose treatments did not work, took her away from the competition. At first they made injections every two months (on three occasions) and even played two tournaments. The consequence is that the fracture became even larger. I finally found a remedy in a treatment, as he told MARCA in the last Spanish Open: “I had three plasma operations at the Vithas Hospital in Vitoria. He had previously gone to other treatments such as oxygen therapy and magnetotherapy, but nothing cured him and they told me about this. Before getting screws, I was told that plasma could work.”

Reasons for withdrawal

Beatriz also clarified that precisely the time she has spent outside of what could be called the ‘professional competition bubble’, week after week, made her look at other paths. “I think being on the LPGA and my accomplishments here is what I’ve been focused on. This time off the golf course due to my injury and also the pandemic, I felt like I got to experience other things and came to appreciate them.”, expressed the girl from Pamplona.

The Spanish player added: “This time away has given me the opportunity to value other things, and there are other things I want to explore. […] I guess my priorities have changed. I always thought that when I wanted to retire from golf I would feel it and this was something that became more and more evident as the months passed. Even when I got the go-ahead to come back and play again after my injury, it was obvious that time had… or that passion had faded a bit. I didn’t have the drive to get up and work on my game as much as I used to.”